# Arnold v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · January 24, 1990 · 786 S.W.2d 295

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9762605

## Case

- **Full name:** Joel Gregory ARNOLD, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee; Anderson GAINES, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee; Edwin Francis HOOPER, Jr., Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee; Gary Wayne PAYNE, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee; Peggy Marie TAYLOR, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** January 24, 1990
- **Citations:** 786 S.W.2d 295; 1990 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 12; 1990 WL 50700
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by McCORMICK
- **Judges:** Clinton, Campbell, McCormick, Teague, White
- **Cited by:** 111 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that the instruction is “clearly designed to increase [the] sentence” (quoting Gabriel v. State, 756 S.W.2d 68, 70 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1988, no pet.) (op. on reh’g)); Grigsby v. State, 833 S.W.2d 573, 576 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1992, pet. ref’d) (same
- discussing the dangers inherent in providing a jury with information about the application of parole to a defendant

## Opinion text

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge,
concurring and dissenting.
A.
Arnold v. State
I concur in the result of the Court affirming the Dallas Court of Appeals based on my dissenting opinions in Rose v. State, 752 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Cr.App.1987).
B.
Gaines v. State
I concur in the result of the Court affirming the San Antonio Court of Appeals based on my dissenting opinions in Rose v. State, 751 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Cr.App.1987).
C.
Hooper v. State
I dissent from the judgment of the Court affirming the Houston [1st] Court of Appeals based on my dissenting opinions in *327 Rose v. State, 752 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Cr.App.1987).
D.
Payne v. State
I dissent from the judgment of the Court reversing the Dallas Court of Appeals based on my dissenting opinions in Rose v. State, 752 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Cr.App.1987).
E.
Taylor v. State
I concur in the result of the Court affirming the Dallas Court of Appeals based on my dissenting opinions in Rose v. State, 752 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Cr.App.1987).

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9762605. Public record. Not legal advice.
